http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...d243ce2e8ba4e7
That's the map link. I'm up on a hill, antenna is in the attic and unfortunately firing south, back into the hillside a bit. Not much, just grazing the top and then probably pretty clear sight to Philly. Probably 60' of cable from antenna to Tivo.
I have tried a Winegard 6010 that I had in stock for FM needs and that actually did OK. All channels came in, but with bad breakup. Obviously just beyond the limit. Next I tried an Esky HG-981. It was a piece of junk to be sure but it is working remarkably well. A bit of break up in bad weather, but the biggest issue is I lost channel 6.1 (I'm confused about that, I thought it was all supposed to be UHF now). The internal line amp helped a bit I'm sure. The only other channel snafu is I'm grabbing 29 on it's alternate local channel frequency of 38, but Tivo has no channel info for that channel. Not a big deal.
Looking next at Winegard HD7694P but the boom length is going kill my attic storage. Would prefer to stay at about 60" boom length.
So any thoughts? Honestly it's good enough now that I could just leave it and give up Channel 6. I'm not a fan of the Esky though. It's got a 100' of coax permanently attached, is cheap and I'm not using the rotation of it at all. Would prefer something a bit bigger and with a normal setup that I can attach my own coax too and insert a quality line amp if needed.
Thanks in advance!